If you don't have a "golden ticket" and a dealer is putting in an order for you it could be entered as his stock and selling it to you from his allotment. You might not get a confirmation from Ford until you buy it.
I don't think there is much difference in your situation, I don't know what the order would be without a time stamp but they are only allocating what they can produce this year anyway, it's almost as if dealers got their own form of "Golden Ticket". Most people without a "Golden Ticket" will be...
My dealer is checking on whether I can order uninstalled or to delete and buy them separately. Quality ceramic coating is about $1000 give or take a couple hundred.
I think part of their plan was to use Raptor model to relieve some of the pressure off other models, not using 2.7, sasquatch, differentials, steering, body parts, trailer hitch, interior parts and such.
From what I understand there isn't much difference from how the whole Bronco thing has worked, Golden Ticket holders are just early reservation holders that also had priority with a Bronco but parts issues screwed things up. There shouldn't pe a parts issue with the Bronco Raptor.
This is what I received
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